Discord is laying off 17 percent of employees
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Discord is a tool that is already fine the way it is. It does not require more features, it only needs to maintain performance to remain dominant in its niche. It requires no moderation whatsoever. Why did they have such an over-abundance of workforce that they can just casually sack more than a sixth of them?
They need people to monitor for "no-no" words...
Discord's staff is busily developing AI censorship tools for normal gamers while trying to groom children into gay sexual abuse and genital mutilation.
They're probably replacing all the tranny jannies with AI
I'd like to believe that it was because fluff positions are being cut, with unskilled troons and diversity hires being let go. The social programs and "transitioning benefits" Discord offers are netting any sort of positive return for them. We'll see in the next few months if companies have learned anything, or if they're trimming down to slow the hemorrhaging while still pushing the nonsense that put them in this position in the first place.
It’s still functional; just retarded.
Skype became 100% non-functional after a few years.
Skype got purchased by Microsoft, right? I'm thinking that was about the time it sucked; did it start sucking because Microsoft added all their spyware bloat, or did it suck before they purchased it?
For tech startups, hiring signifies growth which attracts investors. It's ass-backwards but how it works, so by growing small startups get more capital to run on, even if it makes it less efficient. That said, that's for startups seeking investors and I don't know if discord ever cut any fat from that period.